Hey! Our names are Jesse and Alyssa. We recently purchased land in Idaho to start a homestead from scratch. We are currently living off-grid in a trailer and will be working towards building an off-grid home using the materials from our property where possible. We are stoked for the journey and are excited to share our DIY hacks along the way! Stay tuned, and check out our blog to follow the journey!

No treatment but we did end up caulking the inside of the tub although I'm not sure it was necessary. It shouldn't be if the joinery is done correctly.

Thanks and you're welcome! We wish we had more guidance when we went to build the tub but hopefully we will save others from making the same mistakes we did ;-)

Hmm timber discards... not sure what you're referring to. We haven't yet attempted a hot tub so mistakes and all, all lumber was put to use. We have a few other piles on our property including branches to use as fuel as well as other lumber / logs that haven't been put to use yet so maybe that's what you're referring to?

Thanks and you're welcome! We wish we had more guidance when we went to build the tub but hopefully we will save others from making the same mistakes we did ;-)